Bed-Stuy Community Rallies To Keep Interfaith Hospital Open

February 24, 2014

Bed-Stuy Community Rallies To Keep Interfaith Hospital Open

Brooklyn, N.Y. – On the heels of the Obama administration agreeing to let New York reinvest $8 billion in Medicaid savings into its health care system, elected officials and community…

February 20, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke Asks MTA to Negotiate With Transit Workers

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has asked the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to reconsider its insistence on freezing for three years the wages of…

February 20, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke Urges Recognition of Diwali as a School Holiday

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Today, Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke joined her colleagues in Congress in a letter to New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña requesting that the school…

February 19, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke Congratulates Emily Lloyd on Her Appointment as DEC Commissioner

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement to congratulate Emily Lloyd, President of the Prospect Park Alliance, who has been appointed…

February 18, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke Asks for a Delay in Food Assistance Cuts

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has asked the Secretary of Agriculture to delay reductions in nutrition assistance that will deny food to millions of families and…

February 14, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke Commends Agreement to Protect Brooklyn’s Hospitals

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reached an agreement in principle…